Instagram guy Stevothemadman1 and his buddies were filming a sketch on the streets of Birmingham called “How To Avoid Getting Robbed.” (The HILARIOUS secret? If two guys point guns at you, pretend to be mentally disabled to a cartoonish degree and the assailants will let you go.)

To the filmmakers’ credit, it must have looked like a real robbery was in progress, since armed officers quickly descended on the scene with weapons drawn, forcing Stevo the Madman and his comrades to hit the cement.